Welcome to the upper midwest! I'm nearby in Saint Paul, MN! I love your videos. I just discovered sheet mulching this winter, I'm curious: when did you start the process- the fall before taking this video? It looks great! Hoping to throw down some newspaper/cardboard and compost in March for flower bed rows to my back yard and I'm curious if I will be able to plant in it the same season. Hoping to!
Hi, thank you! We started this garden in May right after we moved and simply removed the sod then layed down compost. Sheet mulching (actually occultation) would have been my preferred method, but we didn't have time! I prepped some new garden beds this fall with sheet mulching so they'll be ready in spring :) You can start in March and absolutely plant the same season! Hopefully the spring rains will decompose the cardboard a bit, but if you have too, you can still cut holes in the cardboard and plant and it will break down over time with the added fertility of the compost. It's important to understand with sheet mulching that you will not plant into the composted area on top, you're still planting into your native soil.
Sound a really great project!
Welcome to the upper midwest! I'm nearby in Saint Paul, MN! I love your videos. I just discovered sheet mulching this winter, I'm curious: when did you start the process- the fall before taking this video? It looks great! Hoping to throw down some newspaper/cardboard and compost in March for flower bed rows to my back yard and I'm curious if I will be able to plant in it the same season. Hoping to!
Hi, thank you! We started this garden in May right after we moved and simply removed the sod then layed down compost. Sheet mulching (actually occultation) would have been my preferred method, but we didn't have time! I prepped some new garden beds this fall with sheet mulching so they'll be ready in spring :) You can start in March and absolutely plant the same season! Hopefully the spring rains will decompose the cardboard a bit, but if you have too, you can still cut holes in the cardboard and plant and it will break down over time with the added fertility of the compost. It's important to understand with sheet mulching that you will not plant into the composted area on top, you're still planting into your native soil.
@@flowermama9616 ahh yay, this makes me so so happy to hear! Thank you for sharing!